MRI: Development of ACCORD, a Community Cyberinstrument for Broadening Access to Research on Sensitive Data

MRI：开发 ACCORD，一种扩大敏感数据研究访问范围的社区网络工具

• 批准号: 1919667
• 负责人: Ronald Hutchins
• 金额: $ 250万
• 依托单位: University of Virginia Main Campus
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2019
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2019-10-01 至 2024-09-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1919667&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: MRI; Development; ACCORD; Community; Cyberinstrument

This 11 public university collaboration in Virginia develops ACCORD, an innovative research computing cyberinstrument to support the storage, access, and usage of sensitive data for researchers at participating institutions across the State. Beyond simply securing research data, the ACCORD cyberinstrument provides customizable secured research environments that can be integrated into each institution's workflows and security models to assure compliance with relevant laws and regulations applicable to specific data types. Through ACCORD, researchers across the State of Virginia have access to new research computing capabilities not previously possible (or not easily accessible), enabling them to undertake projects that require complex protection of sensitive data. In addition to enabling new research, ACCORD advances important dimensions of research such as reproducibility and data accountability. ACCORD is also a new model for collaboration, providing a common platform for researchers at multiple institutions and in different disciplines to securely share data and analytics.In addition to driving exciting scientific discoveries with strong societal impact, the Virginia ACCORD program prioritizes research training and education in data security and privacy for students and researchers across the State. The Virginia ACCORD Consortium comprises universities of different sizes and missions, including minority-serving and non-PhD granting institutions, and is an effective platform for outreach and broadening participation to underrepresented and underserved communities. Lessons learned from the ACCORD's new model of collaboration and sharing compute resources are also being disseminated to other research computing consortia and communities across the U.S.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.

弗吉尼亚州 11 所公立大学合作开发了 ACCORD，这是一种创新的研究计算网络工具，支持全州参与机构的研究人员存储、访问和使用敏感数据。除了简单地保护研究数据之外，ACCORD 网络仪器还提供可定制的安全研究环境，可以集成到每个机构的工作流程和安全模型中，以确保遵守适用于特定数据类型的相关法律和法规。通过 ACCORD，弗吉尼亚州的研究人员可以获得以前不可能（或不容易获得）的新研究计算能力，使他们能够开展需要对敏感数据进行复杂保护的项目。除了支持新的研究之外，ACCORD 还推进了研究的重要方面，例如可重复性和数据问责制。 ACCORD 也是一种新的协作模式，为多个机构和不同学科的研究人员提供了一个安全共享数据和分析的通用平台。除了推动具有强大社会影响力的令人兴奋的科学发现外，弗吉尼亚州 ACCORD 计划还优先考虑研究培训和教育为全州学生和研究人员提供数据安全和隐私保护。弗吉尼亚 ACCORD 联盟由不同规模和使命的大学组成，包括少数族裔服务机构和非博士学位授予机构，是一个有效的平台，可以向代表性不足和服务不足的社区推广和扩大参与。从 ACCORD 的新协作和共享计算资源模式中汲取的经验教训也正在传播给美国各地的其他研究计算联盟和社区。该奖项反映了 NSF 的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的智力优势和更广泛的影响进行评估，被认为值得支持审查标准。